Texas Department of Transportation v. Librado Arzate

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF )

TRANSPORTATION, ) No. 08-03-00425-CV)

Appellant, ) Appeal from)

v. ) County Court at Law No. 3)

LIBRADO ARZATE, ET AL., ) of El Paso County, Texas)

Appellees. ) (TC# 2002-1287)

O P I N I O N

The Texas Department of Transportation appeals the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction pursuant to Section 51.014(a)(8) of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code. See Texas Dep’t of Transp. v. Jones, 8 S.W.3d 636, 638 (Tex. 1999)(holding that a governmental defendant may contest in a plea to the jurisdiction…